Endoscopic Assesment of the Tympanic Sinus |
See-Ok Shin, MD1, Moo-Jin Choo, MD1, Young-Seok Choi, MD1, Seung-Deok Yang, MD1, and Heon Kang, MD2 |
1;Department of Otolaryngology, 2;Anesthesiology, College of Medicin, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea |
내시경을 이용한 고실동(Tympanic Sinus)소견의 관찰 |
신시옥1 · 추무진1 · 최영석1 · 양승덕1 · 강 훈2 |
충북대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실1;마취과학교실2; |
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ABSTRACT |
During surgery of the middle ear, the presence of disease in the tympanic sinus is very difficult to be assessed. The authors observed the tympanic sinuses of cadaver ears with the nasal endoscope of 2.7 mm diameter and 70 degree angle and evaluated the possibility of endoscopic assessment of the tympanic sinus. Using this endoscope, the landmarks such as the pyramidal eminence, the styloid eminence, chordal eminence, subiculum and ponticulus, and four sinuses such as sinus tympani, lateral tympanic sinus, posterior tympanic sinus and facial sinus of the posterior tympanum could be clearly visible and well evaluated. We present the endoscopic images and benefits of the endoscopic evaluation of the tympanic sinus.
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Keywords:
Tympanic sinusㆍEndoscope. |
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